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excellent lady now at the house
‘Mr. Wapshot,’ said I, ‘you are making love to an excellent lady now at the house of Mr. Brough: if you do not promise to give up all pursuit of her, I will expose you.’
— from The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond by William Makepeace Thackeray

eleven last night after they had
I know they have returned, because at eleven last night, after they had left for Crowland, all the blinds were down, whereas now one blind is up and the sign is in the window.”
— from The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias by William Le Queux

even last night at the hour
"I doubt if he could get away, even last night, at the hour when we turned him adrift," Darrin contended.
— from The Grammar School Boys Snowbound; or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

early last night at the house
Since then Jan has found out definitely that Gilda and her escort arrived early last night at the house of Ben Isaje of Rotterdam, and he came straight on here to report to you.
— from The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

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